We’ve been reporting on the Google Phone since 2006 and now we’ll finally see it first hand next week. Back in 2006 the rumors were that we’d see this phone in 2008, and the rumors have since talked about it slipping until 2009…

September 12th – September 18th

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Geek Thoughts — Google’s Dream Phone gets official

{ad}We’ve been reporting on the Google Phone since 2006 and now we’ll finally see it first hand next week. Back in 2006 the rumors were that we’d see this phone in 2008, and the rumors have since talked about it slipping until 2009. Apparently, they got all of the Android bugs out and are ready to show it off next week.What will the Google Phone contain? We’ve seen plenty of screen shots and we know that it will have a software store, support for GPS, Gmail, and just about every other Google feature. That said, I’m curious to see how Gmail and other Google products are implemented since I’m a hard core Gmail user and a native client built from the ground up to integrate with a Google-influenced OS should be a killer application.

In 2006 Google hinted at offering this phone for free. With T-Mobile on board I doubt that’s going to be the case, but you never know.

All questions should be answered by this time next week so stay tuned to Geek.com.

What features are you looking for in a Google Phone? E-mail Joel@Geek.com

Submit your favorite sites, articles, software picks, diversions,etc., to Joel@geek.com (mail
subject: Good Sites). Here are a couple of my faves:I’m constantly helping friends with their technical issues and one of the worst ones is when their computer no longer boots into Windows. There are a variety of things you can try but when all else fails, you sometimes have to throw in the towel and live with the fact that your computer’s hard drive is toast.

Well, the folks at HowToGeek have another solution and it involves using Ubuntu to mount the dead Windows drive and then back it up. It’s a great idea and one I hadn’t thought of before but you can bet I’ll keep this link handy as a just-in-case going forward.

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